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Horn of Africa

Philip Caputo

Entered Jan 11, 1981 · 1 week on the list

Book Power
2.1
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
1 week there · Jan 11, 1981
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
January 1981

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The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.

What it earned each author

Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Philip Caputoprimary100%2.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 11, 1981 on the timeline →
  1. #1The CovenantJames A. Michener
  2. #2The Key to RebeccaKen Follett
  3. #3FirestarterStephen King
  4. #4Come Pour the WineCynthia Freeman
  5. #5Loon LakeE. L. Doctorow
  6. #6Unfinished TalesJ.R.R. Tolkien
  7. #7The Fifth HorsemanLarry Collins & Dominique Lapierre
  8. #8The Clan of the Cave BearJean M. Auel
  9. #9The OriginIrving Stone
  10. #10Rage of AngelsSidney Sheldon

The #1 bestsellers of 1981

1981 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1981.